HD Camcorder issue

[eliottfisk]

Ok, I'm figuring out how to start a thread. Sorry guys....
So, I bought a Canon HF100 HD camcorder and when I try to download it into my macbook pro, it shuts down upon download. Thumbnails pop up, but the program shuts down. I am running it through a USB, should I be using a firewire? Any suggestions?
Thank you....

 

[Moof1904]

I don't know if the problem is because you're using USB but I would certainly recommend FireWire. FireWire is more suited for the continuous data stream that video requires.

 

[eliottfisk]

guess i'll pickup a firewire and go from there...thanks for your time...

 

[foshizzle]

just to throw it out there, there are many threads here on macrumors on connecting the canon hf10/100 to the mac with imovie and FCE.

^i dont think this camera has firewire, correct me if i'm wrong^

Did you initialize the disk? what program are you using to import the videos?

 

[eliottfisk]

Thanks for the input. I am using imovie, since it's on my computer and I'm a novice. I went to the mac store to get some help and they were even stumped.
Thumbnails come up in imovie then it all drops out when i hit download.